Please see the attached full…

Please see the attached full submission from the Ontario Home Builders' Association.

Please accept the below as our submission to the government’s request for feedback on a proposal for a regulation under the Planning Act to facilitate the creation of additional residential units (ARUs), which is being submitted on behalf of OHBA and its 28 local associations including but not limited to BILD, West End HBA, Greater Ottawa HBA, and London HBA.

OHBA fully supports the province’s continuous efforts to get more housing built, provide access to and options of all types, and lower the cost of, housing for all Ontarians. Through Bill 185, we were supportive of the initial changes to the Planning Act to provide the Minister with broader regulation-making authority to align municipal by-laws in support of building more ARUs. We are once again strongly in support of enhancing these regulation-making powers to remove zoning barriers that actively prevent the facilitation of additional residential units like basement suites and garden suites.

We support the proposed regulations outlined in ERO #019-9210 on: angular planes, maximum lot coverage, floor space index, minimum lot size and building distance separation, subject to some additional suggestions. There are a couple considerations related to these proposed regulations and additional recommendations we would like the government to take into account as progress moves forward on this regulation.